Hi Betsey,I read a while ago that apparently the easiest 'bad' thing you can do to your donkey is let them get fat - and that it's so easy to do, especially when they love treats. If you have a little donkey, it's probably even easier.

Donkeys are very thrifty eaters, and they don't need a whole lot of food. We limit the treats we give ours, but I think the main reason they stay trim is because they get lots of exercise. Donkeyland, where 6 of our 7 donkeys live now, is about 15 acres, and they often run up and down the field, playing and just having fun - or racing toward the treat bucket. ;)

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